UnityPoint Health-Des Moines postpones elective surgeries due to high number of patients

UnityPoint Health in Des Moines is hitting pause on elective surgeries while it deals with a high number of patients. The ...
BMJ Open

Comparison of Surgery and Medicine on the Impact of Diverticulitis (COSMID) trial: a protocol for a pragmatic randomised study of diverticulitis treatment in the USA

Introduction Each year, millions of people experience recurrent diverticulitis episodes. Elective sigmoid colon resection reduces the risk of recurrence, but The American Society of Colon and Rectal ...
FOX8 Cleveland

Doctors fired by University Hospitals file lawsuit against healthcare system

CLEVELAND (WJW) — A pair of former University Hospitals doctors are suing the healthcare system after being fired from their jobs over the summer. Doctors Lauren Beene and Valerie Fouts-Fowler, both ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Iowa hospital taps chief ambulatory officer as COO

Floyd County Medical Center in Charles City, Iowa, has promoted Jon Perin to COO, effective Dec. 14. Mr. Perin had served as chief ambulatory officer at the hospital since July 2024, according to a ...